HOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC

WATER: INITIATING RIVER RESTORATION AND PROTECTION PROJECTS IN PRIORITY AREAS OF THE TRISTATE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED TO IMPROVE RIVER HEATH AND RESILIENCY THROUGH SEVERAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: OUR BERKSHIRE CLEAN, COLD & CONNECTED RIVER RESTORATION PARTNERSHIP (HOUSATONIC, HOOSIC AND FARMINGTON RIVER WATERSHEDS IN MA) WHICH AIMS TO INCREASE THE PACE OF INSTREAM CULVERT UPGRADES AND RIVERBANK AND INSTREAM RESTORATION WORK TO IMPROVE RIVER FLOW, HEALTH AND AQUATIC HABITAT AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE COSTLY AND DANGEROUS FLOOD RISK; READYING MULTIPLE CULVERT REPLACEMENT PROJECTS IN BERKSHIRE AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT COMMUNITIES; LEADING THE TENMILE (NY) WATERSHED COLLABORATIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TENMILE WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ACTION PLAN; IMPLEMENTING THE STILL RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ACTION PLAN IN THE GREATER DANBURY, CT REGION; COMPLETING THE POOTATUCK RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ACTION PLAN TO SAFEGUARD AND RESTORE THE POOTATUCK RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ACTION PLAN TO SAFEGUARD AND RESTORE THE POOTATUCK RIVER IN NEWTOWN, CT; MONITORING AND RESTORING STREAM HEALTH AND HABITAT THROUGH RIPARIAN BUFFER AND RAIN GARDEN INSTALLATIONS AT MULTIPLE SITES ACROSS THE WATERSHED; COMPLETING STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION REDUCTION ON WELLS BROOK, A HIGH PRIORITY BROOK IN DOVER, NY; CONTINUING RESTORATION WORK ON MACEDONIA BROOK IN KENT, CT, AND A WATERSHED PLAN FOR THE GREEN RIVER IN MASSACHUSETTS; HELPING LOCAL FARMS CURB NUTRIENT RUNOFF; AND WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO BETTER MANAGE AND PROTECT THE NATIONAL HOUSATONIC WILD AND SCENIC RIVER IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. 7

LAND: INITIATING LAND CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN PRIORITY AREAS OF THE TRISTATE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED THAT SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY THROUGH INITIATIVES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: CONSERVING MORE THAN 12,000 ACRES THROUGH FOLLOW THE FOREST AND MOST RECENTLY LEADING A COALITION OF PARTNERS TO CONSERVE 1,000+ ACRES OF HIGH QUALITY MEADOWS AND WOODLANDS STRETCHING FROM SALISBURY, CT INTO SHEFFIELD, MA, AND ANOTHER 1,364 ACRES OF WOODLAND AND WETLAND IN WINCHESTER, CT; EXPANDING FOLLOW THE FORESTS WOODLAND CONSERVATION CORRIDOR VISION AMONG PARTNERS IN THE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED AND SOUTH IN NEW YORK AND NORTH IN VERMONT; LEADING AND SUPPORTING THE LITCHFIELD HILLS GREENPRINT COLLABORATIVE, A REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP OF 33 CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT WORKING TO COLLECTIVELY INCREASE THE PACE OF CONSERVATION, AND ALSO COLLABORATING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEADERS TO FIND LOCAL LAND USE SOLUTIONS THAT ENABLE BOTH LAND CONSERVATION AND AFFORDABLE PLACES TO LIVE; SHARING MAPS AND DATA WITH PARTNERS OF CRITICALLY IMPORTANT CORE AND RIPARIAN FOREST, HEADWATER STREAM LANDS, STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT WILDLIFE HABITAT LINKAGES, AND NEWLY PROTECTED LANDS TO ASSIST IN PRIORITIZING LAND CONSERVATION EFFORTS; PROVIDING MAPPING AND NATURAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS FOR LAND TRUSTS AND COMMUNITIES IN CT, MA AND NY AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIC VISIONING AND COLLABORATION; ASSESSING AND SHARING THE IMPACTS OF SIGNIFICANT LAND USE PROPOSALS ACROSS THE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED; AND HELPING SHAPE CONSERVATION PRIORITIES IN NY AND NEW ENGLAND.